New York City's First Responders: Enhancing Collaboration Between NYPD and FDNY

Abstract

In a post-9/11 world, cooperation among first-responders in New York City is absolutely essential for maintaining public safety. Although more than a decade has passed since 9/11, inter-agency communication between the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) is still far from perfect. This paper examines the inter-agency cooperation changes made since 9/11, not only between the NYPD and the FDNY, but all agencies in state of New York charged with public safety. I also consider which approaches have worked to foster inter-agency cooperation, including the use of fusion centers, central agencies charged with coordinating emergency responses (such as the New York City Office of Emergency Management), and structured protocols like the Citywide Incident Management System that clearly delineate the roll of each agency at the scene of an emergency. Finally, I examine potential approaches that have not been implemented but could prove fruitful, and I make recommendations on what approaches should be taken in order to foster greater inter-agency cooperation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA620831

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Harrington

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Counterterrorism
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disasters
  • Emergency Response
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • First Responders
  • Health Services
  • Information Exchange
  • Intelligence Collection
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Safety
  • Teamwork
  • United States
  • Urban Areas

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Systems Analysis and Design